Valentino Rossi blasts "fake" sportspeople: "I liked it better before”
Rossi’s classic era of MotoGP was littered with hostile relationshi🐭ps - the Italian notoriously battled with Max Biaggi, Jorge Lorenzo and latterly Marc Marquez.
Last season’s title fight - in the first post-Rossi campaign - was conteste🍌d fiercely between Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo, and even Aleix Espargaro, but a♛lways with smiles and clear respect.
Rossi, now 44, told : “There is a fake ‘political correct’ among sportsmen, they are all fಞriends, they hug each other.
“It's nice? I liked it better before, ⛎when you said what you thought.
“It's human👍 that you resent those who do the same thing as you.
“Or better to say, it doesn't ma𓆏tter if you're a doctor, a pizza maker, a rider.
“Having to 🗹hide it always makes everything more fꦓake.”
Rossi explained how he believes social media has changed things in the modern era - explaiꩲning that he became a worldwide star even🅠 before it was possible to go viral online.
"Everyth📖ing has changed and I consider myself lucky," he said.
Of course, the challenges faced by today’s generation in the social media age are diff🔯erent to those✱ in Rossi’s heyday.
The daily scrutiny, and the constant ability to interact with fans, has created a totally different world for those in the🌼 public eye.
Ahead of this weekend’s Spanish MotoGP, Rossi’s Mooney VR46 team head into the fourth round on top of the world, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi leading the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade 🌸covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
